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1. A PAC formed by an officeholder that collects contributions from individuals and other PACs and then makes contributions to other candidates and political parties.

2. A minor party that believes in extremely limited government. Libertarians call for a free market system - expanded individual liberties such as drug legalization - and a foreign policy of nonintervention - free trade - and open immigration.

3. An opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning.

4. A decision made by a higher court such as a circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court that is binding on all other federal courts.

5. Domination of an industry by a single company that fixes prices and discourages competition; also - the company that dominates the industry by these means.

6. Segregation imposed by law.

7. Police targeting of racial minorities as potential suspects of criminal activities.

8. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party - group - or incumbent.

9. During the Great Society - the marble cake approach of intergovernmental relations.

10. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.

11. Stresses federalism as a system of intergovernmental relations in delivering governmental goods and services to the people and calls for cooperation among various levels of government.

12. A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.

13. Largely banned party soft money - restored a long-standing prohibition on corporations and labor unions for using general treasury funds for electoral purposes - and narrowed the definition of issue advocacy.

14. Federal statute barring Federal employees from active participation in certain kinds of politics and protecting them from being fired on partisan grounds.

15. Advisory council for the president consisting of the heads of the executive departments - the vice president - and a few other officials selected by the president.

16. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.

17. Means of communication that are reaching the public - including newspapers and magazines - radio - television (broadcast - cable - and satellite) - films - recordings - books - and electronic communication.

18. A meeting of party delegates to vote on matters of policy and in some cases to select party candidates for public office.

19. Arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to people accused of crimes who are unable to hire their own attorneys.

20. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.

21. Constitutional arrangement in which power is distributed between a central government and subdivisional governments - called states in the United States. The national and the subdivisional governments both exercise direct authority over individuals.

22. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.

23. A tax on increased value of the product at each stage of production and distribution rather than just at the point of sale.

24. A congressional committee created for a specific purpose - sometimes to conduct an investigation.

25. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.

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